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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1913
Page
1
The mayor and board meet at city hall for final 1912 session with full attendance. Officials approve committee allowances and officer pay, praise fire department and police, and schedule January 16 budget review at 4 PM.
Nashville report shows seven returning umpires from 1912 will staff the Southern League in 1913 led by Pres ident Kavanaugh. Only new official will come from a former Southern League player, as Jack O Toole leaves for the International League.
Captain B McIllwain of Jackson Tennessee resigns as passenger conductor on the Illinois Central Railroad after more than forty years in service. He began as a fireman on the Mobile and Ohio when wood fueled the engine and saved a large portion of his earnings for a pension. He leaves a record of faithful and diligent service.
The Woman's Missionary Society of the South Columbia Methodist church elects new officers for the coming year. Elected are Mrs J M Bates president, Rogers first VP, Cameron second VP, Barrick third VP, Williams fourth VP, Maude Rogers recording secretary, Stegall corresponding secretary, Wilbur Dial treasurer, Mrs Geo N Allen Woodote agent, and Mrs W T Smith superintendent. Members urged to attend the next regular meeting on the third Wednesday of the month. location to be announced.
Great Britain delivered the body of Whitelaw Reid editor statesman and former American ambassador to the United States. The Natal brought the casket to New York and the funeral will be held at the cathedral of St John the Divine with Taft and military leaders among attendees. A guard of marines from the Connecticut escorted the casket into the cathedral.
A Nashville woman says she has discovered a cure for hog cholera and has presented it to Dr. George R. White, the state livestock inspector. He plans to assist in demonstrations to prove the remedy’s efficacy, noting government efforts for years to find a cure.
Secretary Fisher ousted seven Osage council members amid a probe into alleged undue influence by Uncle Sam Os Company and three applicants seeking 800,000 acres of Osage oil and gas lands. A new council was ordered elected this month as investigations continue.
Gov. O NeaI ordered impeachment proceedings against Hale county Sheriff William Martin to determine criminal negligence after a Black man named Will Thomas obtained carbolic acid to end his life. Attorney General Robert Brickell will prosecute and the case will be tried by the Alabama Supreme Court. The charge cites delivery of carbolic acid on December 21 and a coroner verdict that Thomas died from drinking the poison. An investigation was ordered and charges will be filed with the court next week with no hearing date yet set.
A boiler blast at Lante's sawmill four miles east of Lawrenceburg yesterday killed an unnamed man about thirty. The explosion destroyed $1000 in property as he held a piece of wood he was firing with, nearly tearing him apart. He left a wife and two children.
Special to The Herald from Little Rock Arkansas January 3 Jeff Davis long time Arkansas figure and United States senator died suddenly at his home from a stroke He was born in 1862 in Little River County and rose from county attorney to governor of Kansas before serving in the U S Senate from 1907 reelected to a six year term His demagogic style and fierce stance against class marked his career and shocked the Senate at times
The article argues farm wives should equip kitchens with labor-saving devices and prioritize reading time. It asserts tools like a washing machine and food chopper save money and health, and that national welfare depends on educated, energetic farmwives and mothers.
In the Johnson and Carter counties special election John T. Fuller of Johnson county defeats J B Nave of Canter county by pass pad votes. Fuller is aligned with Governor Hooper's administration. Nave would have won if elected.
The city council unanimously dismissed back tax proceedings against Shirt Garter Co over 1910 1911 and 1912 assessments. City Attorney Dedman offered no objections, stating the dismissal should not prejudice any future moves. Representatives Brownlow Salmon and Breaux indicated the case may still be pursued in state courts if needed.
Hopkinsville Kentucky January 4 R Morgan a colored man shot December 26 died today. Coroners jury found death from blood poisoning caused by improper dressing of the wound in early stages of the sineas. The bullet bent around the chest and did not exit as first reported. Morgan named a black curly haired Morris boy as the shooter, a supposed son of James Morris.
In Winston Salem a quick act by a Black man saved an incoming Greensboro bound passenger train. He spotted a large telegraph pole placed on the track amid today's storm, attempted to remove it, then signaled the engineer by flag, stopping the train before danger.
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